The Extra Card by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you won't have any bids to make.

You will have five hands with 14 cards, and you will have to guess which one should not be there.

You will have to look carefully at the bidding sequence to obtain clues and deduce which one is the fourteenth card.

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ A 6
♥ A K 8 6 5
♦ J 4
♣ K J 8 3 2

Q: 1 - What is the extra card in your hand, after this auction?

South	West	North	East
1 NT	Pass	2♣	Pass
2♥	Pass	3 NT	Pass
Pass	Pass

A: A Heart - You would not open 1 NT with a 5-card major and another 4-card suit. It is possible only with a 5-3-3-2 hand (if you want to. It's each player's choice of style).

With a small Heart fewer, you would indeed open 1NT.

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ A K J 8 3
♥ K Q 9 6 2
♦ A 6 5
♣ J

Q: 2 - What is the extra card in your hand, after this auction?

South	West	North	East
1♥	Pass	1♠	Pass
2♠	Pass	Pass	Pass

A: The Ace of Spades - With a 5-5 two-suiter in the majors, you would have opened 1♠. Therefore, the extra card is a Spade.

As you bid only 2♠ on the second round, you cannot have more than 14 HCP. Therefore, the extra card is the ♠A.

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ Q J 6 3 2
♥ K Q J 9
♦ Q 6 5
♣ Q J

Q: 3 - What is the extra card in your hand, after this auction?

South	West	North	East
Pass	1♥	Pass	2♥
Pass	Pass	Double	Pass
2♠	Pass	Pass	Pass

A: The King of Hearts - You passed on the first round of bidding. Therefore, you cannot have 12 points.

The only card that can bring you down to fewer than 12 points is the ♥K. That's the extra card.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ K 8 6
♥ A K 8 7 6 2
♦ K 6 4
♣ 8 2

Q: 4 - What is the extra card in your hand, after this auction?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♦	Pass
1♥	Pass	1♠	Pass
2♣	Pass	2 NT	Pass
3 NT	Pass	Pass	Pass

A: A Heart - You bid Fourth-suit forcing, and then raised to 3 NT. You have the right number of points, but with 6 Hearts, you would have bid them again after 2NT.

Therefore, the extra card is a small Heart.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ Q 8 4 3
♥ A K 9 6 2
♦ Q 8 5
♣ K 6

Q: 5 - What is the extra card in your hand, after this auction?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♠	Pass
4♣	Pass	4♠	Pass
Pass	Pass

A: The King of Clubs - 4♣ is a Splinter bid, showing game-going values, a singleton in Clubs and at least four Hearts.

A Club is the extra card, but it's not recommended to bid a Splinter with a singleton Ace or King. Therefore, the extra card is the ♣K.

Your result so far:

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